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It’s a whirlwind that doesn’t end! You’ll get there—you’re doing great! ✍️ #writers #amwriting #writerslife #firstdraft

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It’s these teeny, tiny changes that make your story really hit. Need someone to work on your story to pull out these arcs and bring it to the next level? Hit us up! Our editors want to help you. 👩🏻‍💻👨🏿‍💻👨🏽‍💻

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Hot take: Writers are empathy teachers. Without stories, our society loses its ability to understand life from a different perspective. #stories #storytelling #write #empathy

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Things I’m bad at as a writer: Writing stares into space for 7 solid minutes searching for the word my brain is trying to think of #amwriting #writerslife #relatable

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Any lovers of vampires, YA urban paranormal thrillers, sweet romances, profound character arcs, and endearing brother-sister relationships? Hit us up! We’re looking for beta-readers for our novel! #betareaderswanted #readers #YA #urbancontemporary #paranormalfantasy #actionadventure #meaningfulstory

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“Why do I write? Perhaps in order not to go mad. Or, on the contrary, to touch the bottom of the madness.” -Elie Wiesel #writing #writerslife #amwriting

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Today we're talking about infamous antiheroes! What makes them so fascinating? What can we learn about writing compelling protagonists from the psychology of villains? open.substack.com/pub/obamagaz... #characterdevelopment #storytellingtips #writinglesson #writers

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Perseverance over self-doubt. #amwriting #writerslife #creativework

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What metaphors do you use to help people understand what it’s like to be a writer? I told my husband that I love writing the same way he loves his old fixer-upper truck—It’s an emotional support passion that is both the biggest Bane of my existence and also the only reason I have joy in existence.

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Your first draft doesn’t need to be good, it just needs to exist. I pinky promise you, no matter how much of a disaster your draft is, your editor is there to fix it. You only need to worry about word vomiting onto paper. Let it be messy. Let is be bad. Let us help you worry about making it good.

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POV of a writer: Casually frustrated by figments of my imagination because my characters somehow manage to both have a mind of their own AND be flat, colorless paper dolls. I will wrangle you into submission, my darlings. #creativewriting #storyteller #writerslife #characterdevelopment

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These moments with your manuscript are chefs kiss Worth all the pain and suffering it took to get there. #keepwriting #storytelling #writerslife

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“Bleeding at the typewriter” has a lot to do with first letting yourself bleed for pain in real life—yours and others. 🩸✍️ #write #writerslife #empathy #yourstorymatters #honestwords

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Yes, I’m yelling at the words I wrote on a screen. What about it? #writer #amwriting #storytelling

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May your coffee be strong and your words flow well today! What are you working on this Tuesday? #creativework #amwriting #amediting #solopreneur #artists

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If you’re not with me, you’re my enemy” -Me threatening my characters to behave before I make horrible things happen to them Anyway, I hope you evil author well today! ✍️😈 #writers #sonic #authors #writerslife

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We often think the stories that change us are loud, flashy, or wrapped in gimmicks. But the truth is that the best stories are raw, real, and unapologetically human. open.substack.com/pub/obamagaz... #Authenticvoices #writingtips #Theireyeswerewatchinggod #novel #storytellinglessons #BHM

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Write truth so bold it scares you. 🖋️🗡️ #write #storytellers #bravestories

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The truest love/hate relationship ever… #writerslife #amwriting #amediting #WIP

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As creatives, we know we are hard to love. But we are worth it. Heartfelt thanks on this Valentine’s Day to everyone who is brave enough to love a writer. You help us be brave enough to change the world! ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🔥🖤 #writerslife #love #mymuse #valentinesday #creativework #writers

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Isn’t it the best trip ever when you’re editing a book and you start finding tiny threads of foreshadowing connecting everywhere?!? The puzzle pieces were all there and now they’re falling into place! Forget drugs, this is the best feeling ever!! 🤩 #amwriting #amediting #storytelling #foreshadowing

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In order to write authentic stories, you can’t be afraid to be uniquely you. #writing #storytelling #artist #creativework

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Not me blasting the Hamilton soundtrack to motivate myself to edit…downstairs neighbors, you’re welcome for exposing you to good music #hamilton #amwriting #amediting #writelikeyourerunningoutoftime

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The ones who make it are the ones who have a reason to keep going because they have something important to say. #amwriting #writerslife #thepowerofstories

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🩸The magic of stories They take the broken parts of life and give them meaning so they can heal others. And yourself. #storytellingjourney #poetry #writing #wordsarepowerful

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“You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.” ~F. Scott Fitzgerald #amwriting #writers #storytellers

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Stories can open up conversations that are necessary for us to have in order to make our world a better place, yet are too taboo for anyone to be willing to talk about. Follow OBA Media to learn how to be a truthful, bold storyteller who can change the world. 💫 open.substack.com/pub/obamagaz...

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This is the sacred calling of creative souls in this world: Take everyday, ugly things and make them beautiful, meaningful stories. ❤️‍🩹

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No risk, no story.

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Listening to the Broadway musical #Hadestown got me out of a bad place mentally and put me into a weird spot emotionally today. Did you know the musical was a 19-year-long project from its initial performance to become the success it is today? Anyone else huge fans of Hadestown? 🙌

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goes broke hiding in your hole and investing in your craft “Why would you become a writer? “Maybe because it will make me feel alive” #keepwriting #writerslife

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Anyone else have trouble understanding their own notes on top of reading their own handwriting? 💀 #writerslife #writingproblems

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“If you ain’t six feet underground you’re living it up on top… …Let the poet bless this round… …And we will always raise them up To the world we dream about And the one we live in now ‘Cause right now we’re livin’ it…” #Hadestown #art #stories #life

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Your story doesn’t have to give an answer for the painful questions of life we shouldn’t have to ask in the first place. You only have to show someone how to look up. How to take one step forward. How to bleed. That’s how you write an honest story that brings light to this dark world.

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Do you struggle to stay motivated to work on your projects, even if they were once "fun side projects"? Hate that everything it takes to be a "successful" creative in the internet age is so exhausting? We feel you. And we wrote this for you. 🖤 open.substack.com/pub/obamagaz...

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🥴 It do be like that…

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What makes a good a story? Is it the bells and whistles? Craft and magic? I argue is does it honor its promise on what it will make you feel. We talk about this and more on Monday’s episode of Let’s Talk Stories New podcast episode coming Monday!

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Happy Friday, fellow writers! What’s your distraction of choice today? 👀🙈

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I mean, you know what we do to our darlings… #writers #writerhumor #amwriting

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The thing people don’t tell you about chasing your dreams is that once you achieve them, they may not be everything you imagined. And that’s okay. Trust the process—not because you’ll get everything you want, but because you’ll get everything you need.

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If I mispronounce something I’m very sorry—it’s not because I’m uneducated, per se. It’s because I got my education from reading, and some books aren’t gracious enough to come with a pronunciation guide.

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I’m telling you, this one day at a time thing is much harder than it sounds. Must be a farce. #writing #writerslife #encouragement

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Off to beat some manuscripts into submission. Wishing you all the best of luck with your Friday!

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The world is burning And we are writing Because the stories need to be told

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We create our art for the algorithms that sell it. But what real people want is for you to create something that speaks to them.

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Don’t know who needs to hear this… but you don’t hate writing; you hate sucking at it. The paradox is that you can’t get good at it without sucking at it first. So hurry up and suck. I lied. It was me—I needed to hear it.

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Emotional truth resonates. Tell the truth.

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If you write from your true passion, ignoring whatever current trends you think will make your book sell, your story will be honest. If your story is honest, then it matters. And if it matters, it will endure time.

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